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Pinky’s Pizza Owner Found With 250 Pounds of Weed; Half the Country Will Be Obese by 2030

• Special delivery! Nikita Yanakopulos, owner of Pinky’s Famous Pizza in Medford, was arrested for drug trafficking after police found 250 pounds of marijuana in his pickup truck. [Globe]

• This might make you wish you were covered in tomatoes: See some amazing photos from Spain’s annual Tomatina festival. [Big Picture/Boston Globe]

Time’s list of the best 100 nonfiction books includes a few foodie reads, including Mastering the Art of French Cooking and The Omnivore’s Dilemma. [Time]

• Numbers are showing July as a bad month for restaurants, mainly owing to a pessimistic outlook on the economy. [NRN]

• A CDC study shows that half of all Americans drink at least one sugary beverage daily; another study suggest 50 percent of the country will be obese by 2030. Coincidence? [NYDN, NYDN]

• From Yelp (yep) to Wine.com, behold the “best iPhone apps for foodies.” [Time]

• The Cheesecake Factory is all about “feeding the common man.” Explains a lot. [ABC News]

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